RYE, N.Y. – Six different scorers netting ten unanswered goals led the Manhattanville College women's hockey team to a weekend series sweep of King's College on Saturday afternoon. With the victory, the Valiants move to 2-0 on the season and in conference play for the UCHC.
 
For the second game in a row, the Manhattanville offense was led by Gabrielle Cox (Niverville, NY/Ichabod Crane High School), who scored five goals and tallied one assist. Morgan Miller (St. Augustine, Fla./Gilmour Academy), Holly Meredith (Saratoga Springs, N.Y./Vermont Academy), Annie Niedermier (Calgary, Alberta, Canada/Athol Murray College of Notre Dame), Brysha Schmidt (Cortlandt Manor, N.Y./The Millbrook School), and Kerry Carr (New Hartford, N.Y./Millbrook School) added a goal each. Grace Felicio (Holden, Mass./Wachusett Regional) and Virginia Birnie (Ontario, Canada/Rosethay Netherwood School) dished out two helpers each to lead the team on the day.
 
Scoring began in the first three minutes as Miller fired an unassisted shot to tally Manhattanville's first goal. Two minutes later, Cox would net her first of the day, unassisted, to keep the good times rolling. Meredith would score her first goal of the season in the 14^th minute which was assisted by Fjolla Berisha (Mahopac, N.Y./Brewster Lady Bulldogs (NEGHL)). To close out the first period, Niedermier would score her first of the season as well off of Cox and Charlotte Stanwood (West Vancouver, B.C./Penticton Secondary) assists. Through the opening 20 minutes, the Valiants held a 14-5 shot advantage and a 4-0 lead. 
 
Cox would net a hat trick in the second period alone, scoring all three goals to put the Valiants up, 7-0. The first would come off of assists from Meredith and Laney Nash (Edmonds, Wash./Edmonds-Woodway), while Felicio tallied an assist for the second goal, and Birnie an assist for the third. 
 
With a dominant offense for the Valiants, the final 20 minutes looked just as strong. Brysha Schmidt (Cortlandt Manor, N.Y./The Millbrook School) would tally an unassisted goal at the 2:47 mark and then it would be a back-and-forth battle for the Monarchs. After about 15 minutes, Cox would capitalize on her solid outing with her fifth goal of the game with helpers from Felicio and Birnie. Finally, in a power play with six seconds left, Carr would score an unassisted goal for the Manhattanville 10-0 final. 
 
Cox has been downright dominant in the first two games of the season, scoring 11 points in the series against King's with nine goals.

Jewells Austin (Bethlehem, CT/Nonnewaug High School) had 11 saves in the win and made her season debut in net. The Valiants ended the weekend with two shutouts, one from each goalkeeper. 
 
Manhattanville dominated the faceoff circle, winning 44 draws to King's 21. Miller won 17 draws, while Catrina Chinetti (Hyde Park, Mass./Boston Latin Academy) won 12. 
 
Manhattanville went 1-for-7 on the power play, firing 18 shots. On the other side of the ice, the Valiants went a perfect 4-for-4 on the penalty kill against the Monarchs. 
 
The Valiants will travel to Annville, Pa. next weekend to take on Lebanon Valley College in a two-game series, Friday at 7 p.m. and Saturday at 2 p.m. 
 
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